IMPERIAL AND FOREIGN POST
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Registered postal packets
A certificate of posting in respect of a registered article is issued free of charge at the time of posting, and the sender should preserve it carefully for use in the event of inquiry regarding the article.
Insured letters, boxes and parcels
A certificate of posting is issued free of charge and must always be obtained by the sender at the time of posting. Particulars of the amount for which the article is insured are entered on the certificate, and the sender should at once satisfy himself that the entry is correct (see page 113).
Uninsured parcels
A certificate of posting is given as a matter of course for every cash on delivery and ordinary unin- sured parcel at the time of posting.
POSTE RESTANTE
The rules applicable to postal packets arriving from places abroad and addressed to a poste restante will be found on page 39.
In accordance with the International Regulations, the address of any outgoing postal packet addressed poste restante must give the names of the addressee; the use of initials, figures, Christian names without surnames, fictitious names or conventional marks of any kind is not allowed.
In some foreign countries the addressee is charged a special fee on postal packets addressed poste restante.
VERIFICATION
OF
SURCHARGES
No one to whom a letter or other postal packet is tendered for delivery should pay any charge demanded in respect of unpaid postage unless a date-stamped postage due label (or labels) to the face value of the amount demanded is affixed to the cover of the packet.
Inquiries respecting surcharges should be addressed to the Postmaster General. In some cases it will suffice to enclose the cover, but if the packet was forwarded in an unsealed cover, the whole packet must be sent. The whole packet, before being opened if sealed, must also be produced if the surcharge is questioned on the ground of weight, and no question on this point can be